LIMITED EDITION KITS IN 2021

A large portion of today’s newsletter is

dedicated to the release schedule of new

Limited Edition kits for 2021. These will continue along the lines of changes that have

been introduced over the past year, which

appear to have been well received by the

modelling public. On occasion, I run across

a thread in a modelling forum that the

Limited Edition kits are not what they used

to be, are not financially advantageous and

that they offer no real bonus over the base

kit. I will only agree to the point that these

are ‘not what they used to be’. It’s true. The

world changes, and we along with it. We

continue to develop our Limited Edition kits

so that the retail cost of the package is lower than if all of the constituent items were

purchased separately. Of course, much of

the cost of the kit is based on the cost of

the plastic itself, which you don’t see. But, if

you compare the pricing between the Spitfire Mk.I Limited Edition kit and the Profi-

PACK version, it becomes quite clear. On top

of that, the critics of the kits don’t take into

account the decal options that come with

them, or the amount of work that is needed

to develop them and their notes. I would

venture to say that the collection of marking

options that go with these kits is what taxes

resources the most. Currently, the Limited

Edition kits are the best selling Eduard items

there are. So, what’s in store for this line in

the coming year?

THE START: FIRST QUARTER OF 2021

Immediately in January, we have FOKKER FOKKER!, a 1:72nd scale kit involving the development and production of the Fokker D.VII in its

original form at Fokker. The contents of the box,

which will be a Dual Combo boxing, will cover the

early and late versions of the D.VII, and something from the mid-production type with a Mercedes D.IIIa engine and the Fokker D.VIIF with

the higher rated BMW D.III. We will even include

two aircraft with the Mercedes D.IIIau engine,

a lesser known version offering 200hp. You can

FOKKER FOKKER! 1/72

DU DOCH NICHT!! 1/72

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INFO Eduard - DECEMBER 2020